This is the gist of it when it comes to platform. You have 3 choices, Apple, Google, and Amazon. Amazon has done well with the Fire tablet, but failed on the Fire phone. Windows still has a LONG way to go for a true ecosystem.
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Er, right. I've been sitting in a factory in Taiwan with fuck all to do for the last week and half, I was pretty glazed over when I responded to that.
This is a good point. I don't own any other apple products so buying into that ecosystem doesn't make a ton of sense for me, but I can see it having some upsides if I was more invested.
I played with a my friend's Moto X (first gen) the other day and the active notifications are awesome. Am I correct in thinking that the Droid Turbo would have something at least very similar?
Right... first gen definitely had it, as you saw. I was just saying that both of the new Motos have the feature.
I am getting the Nexus 6 even though I have a perfectly awesome nexus 5 right now, because somehow or another I have turned into a big rom flashing dork, and I am obsessed with constantly trying different options on my phone. And since the Nexus phones are development phones that is all I want to own, because it gives me the most options.
But if I was telling another normal person to get a phone, I would tell to get a moto-x or that droid turbo. The moto phones are great and they are the closest to stock android.
But if I was telling another normal person to get a phone, I would tell to get a moto-x or that droid turbo. The moto phones are great and they are the closest to stock android.
A few days in with the Droid Turbo and I'm mostly pretty happy with it. The battery life is, predictably, awesome, the screen looks great, and performance is very good. The ballistic nylon back is kind of weird, but I'm used to it already so whatever. There are two downsides though. I wish it was smaller. It's pretty thick, which I accept is necessary to fit the big battery in, and that's a tradeoff I'm okay with. I just wish it had a smaller screen, and therefore a smaller footprint. I've got big hands, but I can't really use it one handed without shifting the phone in my hand slightly to reach the whole screen. The other is that the in call volume is really surprisingly low, even with the volume maxed out. Not the end of the world, but I can tell it's going to be hard to hear people in noisy environments.
Screw that. Get this bluetooth:
Who makes phone calls on the smart phone anyway totally uncool
Careful. When you leave you might become disoriented.